Category: Drawing

Neck-Amphora with a Man Playing a Cithara LACMA 50.8.4 (2 of 6) flickr photo by Fæ shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license The grade 6 class is currently working on a multi-disciplinary unit inspired by the legacies of Greece. I decided to use this topic to introduce the importance of Greek vases within their... Continue Reading →

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We have just finished quarter 2, and what an amazing quarter it has been. This course is called "Exploratory Art" so previously, my students explored painting, clay, and digital art, all in 8 weeks. They created a new project every two classes. Since 8 weeks is too quick to build skills, I ran this class... Continue Reading →

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE DRAWING PROCESS, INVOLVING iPADS, IS IN THIS POST The students demonstrated their learning and the process, by creating a presentation with Google Slides. Here are three examples: By Amber By BRANDON By BRIDGET The Final Work The results are absolutely stunning and I could not have been happier with the process.

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CLAY GARDEN ART We began this task by discussing photography rules and viewpoints, then we went outside to our gardens to photograph, and sketch. The students knew that they'd be using their photos to design a clay plaque, which will become a beautiful garden ornament. The students who focused on interesting angles, and extreme close... Continue Reading →

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Beauty of Bones is the first unit for grade 8. Since this is a tonal observational drawing we began by looking at some basic rules of composition and photography. The students used the Ess. Skeleton 4 iPad app to find interesting angles, and close up views of the skeleton. The students had to demonstrate their... Continue Reading →

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The grade 7 classes have had so much fun already, (as I mentioned earlier in a previous post) and it is ONLY the second week back! They have been introduced to a variety of artists from: Kandinsky, Jackson Pollock, Heather Hansen, Stuart Davis to Picasso. All of these artists were breaking the traditions of art,... Continue Reading →

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Friday was an AWESOME day for grade 7, as we made a HUGE creative mess inspired by two incredible artists from the past. We began the class by discussing and brainstorming questions we would like to find out about Kandinsky. The goal was: to get enough information so that we could teach someone else about... Continue Reading →

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GREAT news: 'Endangermalia—Before It’s Too Late', our book which was researched, written and illustrated by grade 8 art students at SSIS, in collaboration with Commack Middle School, NY raised a whopping $600.00! These profits were gained from donations during our art party last week and from book sales. Plus the profits from our online store which brings... Continue Reading →

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I love this introductory project because it is a very quick, easy and effective way to get to know my new class of art students. By completing this task they had to apply: creative photography, drawing, colouring, photo manipulation, brainstorming and presentation skills. To complete these portraits they experimented with the following apps: MovieFx, OrangeCam,... Continue Reading →